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EC okays the Sesame future ATM

European Commission vice president Jacques Barrot and Eurocontrol director general Victor Aguado came to the show yesterday to announce the go-ahead for a
Aircraft

SSBJ at least a decade away, Gulfstream says

Gulfstream Aerospace President Bryan Moss made his company’s position on supersonic business jets clear at a Paris press conference yesterday when he said,

Jepp and Arinc Combine their Best EFB Parts

Jeppesen and Arinc yesterday announced an alliance that will integrate “best of class” EFB components from each company’s portfolios to produce what offici
Aircraft

FlyBe Exercises Option on Four More Q400s

Bombardier Aerospace announced yesterday that Exeter, UK-based FlyBe has converted four options on the Bombardier Q400 turboprop airliners to firm orders.
Engines

Engine Alliance Grabs KAL A380 Pact

Korean Air has ordered $300 million worth of GP7200s from the Engine Alliance to power its Airbus A380s.

Add Stork and Northrop to JSF Team

Here at the Paris Air Show yesterday, Stork and Northrop Grumman signed a framework contract worth $150 million for Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fight
Aircraft

Grob Bases HALE Aircraft on New SPn Jet

Grob is developing a new high-altitude long-endurance aircraft based on the new SPn Utility Jet.

Proposal for USAF Rescue Helicopter

Major helicopter manufacturers here in Paris are eagerly awaiting the expected release next month of a U.S.
Aircraft

Piaggio makes French Avanti sale

Piaggio Aero Industries yesterday sold a Piaggio P.180 Avanti II to an undisclosed French customer.

Nordam and 3M Form Alliance

The Nordam Group and 3M’s Aerospace and Aircraft Maintenance Division announced they will begin collaborating on projects to serve customers around the wor

High-altitude, Solar-powered UAV

Qinetiq (Hall 2B in the UK Pavilion, Stand J13/4) announced it had received a contract from Belgian space systems company Verheart to build a solar-powered

MiG will upgrade Slovakian MiG-29s

During a press conference here at the Paris Air show on Tuesday, MiG announced it has been selected by the Slovak Air Force to upgrade its MiG-29s.
Aircraft

New Grob jet features quick-change luxury

Selected by Grob to design and engineer the cabins for both the new SPn Utility Jet and the G-160 Ranger, Germany’s Rücker Aerospace could draw on the expe

Elisra melds offense and defense

The maxim that attack is the best form of defense implies that the two modes are effectively two sides of the same combat coin.
Aircraft

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

The Pilatus Porter never won any beauty contests and may look as if a committee designed it.

Qinetiq sunscreens aircraft

Qinetiq is here at the Paris Air Show with a new sunscreen for heat-sensitive aircraft.
Aircraft

MA60 may become freighter

Xi’an Aircraft Industry is showing a model here at Le Bourget of a proposed cargo version of its MA60 regional turboprop.

Bombardier plans major parts storage

Bombardier is redoubling efforts to improve customer service through a series of initiatives designed to address customer complaints.

NATO eyes surveillance plan

The largest multinational industrial consortium yet assembled for a defense program will gather this morning to brief on progress on the e4-billion-plus Al
Engines

Trent 900s for A380 ‘better than spec’

Everything is going very well with the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, which has logged more than 400 engine hours aboard the Airbus A380 since the very large airli
Engines

GEnx orders may swell here

Orders for as many as 250 new General Electric (GE) GEnx engines are expected here at the Paris Air Show this week as the Boeing 787 program gathers pace a

Farnborough cuts airshow costs

Exhibitors at next year’s 45th Farnborough airshow (July 17 to 23) will benefit from a freezing of 2004’s general costs.

Olympics-bound EMS AB139is star of Bell/Agusta display

An air-medical AB139 that will be used by Italian operator Airgreen during next year’s Winter Olympic Games in Turin is on display here in Paris on the ram
Aircraft

Italian Finance Police Get Piaggio P166 DP1

Piaggio Aero Industries presented its first P166 DP1 maritime patroller to the staff of Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (financial police) during a ceremony her

AeroMobile Cell Phones Slated for 777-200LR

The Boeing 777-200LR making its airshow debut here this week is to be fitted with AeroMobile mobile cellular technology later this year.

Unmanned Piston Helicopter in Development

Eurocopter and Hélicoptères Guimbal signed an agreement here at the Paris Air Show creating a company to develop, manufacture, market and support an unmann
Charter & Fractional

NetJets LBG Flights Up 70 Percent from 2003

Fractional ownership operator NetJets has increased its flights to Le Bourget airport by 70 percent since the last Paris Air Show in 2003, the U.S.-based c

GKN Delivers First F-15C Canopy

 GKN Aerospace has delivered the first integrated canopy to the U.S.
Aircraft

M-D landing gears gives aviators a soft touchdown

Messier-Dowty, here at Le Bourget in Hall 2 Stand D14, is highlighting a wide variety of landing gear technology for a range of commercial and military air

L-3 still on the prowl as it enters the security arena

L-3 Communications chairman Frank Lanza arrived at the Paris Air Show mere days after proposing the biggest business deal of his tenure with the company, t